Plaza West Covina

I grew up here in West Covina, and this place was initially called Fashion Plaza before it was taken over by Westfield. I loved coming here as a teenager with friends. I remember back in the 90’s the photo stores were very popular. I’ve seen one of the anchor stores change from Robinsons May and May Company to now Macy’s. JCPenneys has been a longtime anchor. The west side of the mall seems to struggle a bit though. Stores don’t tend to last very long on the west end. Although, Sears has anchored that wing for a very long time.
There’s a kids play place on the first floor. And just on the second floor, above the play place, is an arcade. So the mall is very family friendly. There’s a medium size food court across from JCPenneys, with some good variety.
But coming in the near future, the old Crazy horse building on the west side of the mall parking lot will become a Porto’s! I won’t have to drive all the way to Down, Glendale, or Burbank to get my Porto’s fix!

Just your average mall.
My boyfriend lives in the area (I’m in the OC) and the first mall he took me to was here. They offer a lot of stores and it reminds me of a mix between Westminster Mall and Mainplace Santa Ana (to OC Unilocalers reading this). It’s a pretty chill place to hang out at and there’s a little arcade area if you want to challenge your friends and/​or significant other. There are even department stores and Nordstrom Rack for your mother and father. I come here once in a while when I’m in West Covina, but it’s nice to check it out at least once!

For anyone who’s local to the area, and grew up, can probably agree that this mall has become the new location of the hacienda mart: indoor swap meet. This shopping Plaza, that previously was a Westfield location, had much better shopping options and customer traffic than it has seen in the last few years. If you’re in need of a last minute, inexpensive gift, you’ll find it here. The stores are constantly changing, closing down within a few months of opening, and relocating the bigger merchants to different locations. This mall is a last resort, and I prefer to drive the 10 miles to Santa Ana for better shopping experience.

Been to this mall twice and getting to like it. It has alot of different stores to choose from. In comparison to the Ontario Mills or Montclair plaza, it has the best variety of places to shop. Also the food court is very nice with the ceiling made of glass to get real sunlight in there.

Seriously, only one star because I can’t give zero. Everyone I came across in every store had the worst attitude of their life.
The manager at Pac Sun is horrible, she is rude, annoying, and pushy. Needs to rethink her job choice. Seriously.
The workers at Hollister need to stop going up to their customers every 30 seconds. Let me shop and let me breathe.
H&M workers need to cut their attitude and stop acting like they work at some high class, high fashion store.
Macy’s workers in the purse department, I won’t even start. They look at you like you can’t afford to purchase something. From my experience when someone is seriously contemplating over items that are $ 300 and up they can probably buy them. There is no need for the uppity attitude and horrible service.
Workers at some random beauty and makeup store had the worst attitude of their life and gave extreme attitude when answering questions. You are not a professional makeup artist, nor do you work at MAC OR ELSEWHERE.
I only came here because it’s been a while and thought there would be more options than the Santa Anita mall. I think I’d rather shop the same stuff but get WAY better service with a lot less attitude to top it off.

I haven’t been here to this mall in such a long time, years. What a big change and upgrade to where this place has come from. Hence, I haven’t been here in a really long time, but from what I remember, everything from bottom to top has changed. There are many new updated stores that are in as well. H&M, Best Buy, MAC to name just a few. I came during closing time since there were only a couple stores that I planned on visiting, but i’ll definitely be back now to check out the whole mall.

This is probably one of my favorite mall to go too. There is never any problems trying to find parking here and it’s always empty which is good. A few year ago they didn’t have much and now they upgraded their retail selection and food court.

I noticed they have an amapola in the mall, they sell beer there. That’s a first for me. Two things I love beer and shopping in the mall. Perfect

The West Co Mall has come a long way in the last few years; from ghetto dump in the late 2000’s, all the way to the collection of store that it is now.
Overall, I feel more safe than before, and it’s a much better place to come and people watch.

Gosh! Sometimes I just can’t deal with this mall. Parking and crowds can be a pain! But with it’s close proximity to our office I don’t really have much of a choice when I need to kill some time at a venue indoors.
I will say that I do like the upgrades. When I was in high school, this place was busy, but not as busy as it is now (circa 2001– friends and I would come to take pictures and go to Sanrio). With a Best Buy, Nordstrom Rack, food market (forgot the name) and nice new restaurants– I like it better than Montebello Mall for sure. They have all the staple stores a girl could ever want– Forever 21, H&M, Victoria’s Secret, Macy’s… I just think the Nordstrom Rack is kind of small with meager selection. Also, one Sunday afternoon I walked into VS and the temperature in there was HOT. I didn’t feel like waiting in line for my one item purchase.
For fast eats, the food court has a wide variety from Asian to Italian to American– Chicken Now and Charley’s Subs are my two favs.

This mall is huge! I really love this mall because they have every store that I love to shop at as well as the stores for my boyfriend. On the weekends the parking lot is packed so it’s a little hard to find parking. Other thank that they have multiple great restaurants with so many choices of great food. Be sure to also check out their dinosaur mini museum for the children. This mall is overall great!

This mall is so clean, but so empty. Maybe that’s why is it clean? Hehe.
I love coming here because it has a great selection of stores and one of my favorites is H&M and Torrid. Their food court is very bright! Lots of different cuisines to choose from. The elevators are a little annoying (opposite sides for opposite directions) but other than that there’s a ton of things to do here and you will not get bored!
Check out Geeky mama’s or that dinosaur store! Did I mention there’s a really cool arcade here? Check it out!

Been coming since I was a kid and now I bring my own kids, this mall has a lot of shops, but parking lot gets full, we usually bring the kids to the play area, it gets crowded but my kids love it here

This place is a bit of a hassle to drive into, but I mainly go for the Norsstrom Rack and H&M. There are a lot of people on the weekends, especially families.
They have your usuals– Forever21, H&M, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret (which is being renovated). They have Paris Baguette Café, which you dont see in other malls. I personally like the iced milk drinks at Prinkipia on the 2^nd floor next to the food court. Really refreshing when you get tired of walking around.
This mall doesn’t have nicer stores like Brea or Costa Mesa, but it does have your essentials. Nice to come walk around when you have an afternoon to spare. There is also a Sephora in the JCPenney on the 1^st floor. I usually park near the Macy’s and walk through the store because it’s hard to find parking near the Nordstrom Rack/​Red Robin entrance.

Wait when did become Plaza West Co?
I thought it was Westfield ;(
Well anywhos this is the middle tier mall (better than Puente Hills, but not as good as Brea Mall) in the area. They have a Best Buy, a food court, a Macy’s, Hot Topic, a Paris Baguette, nail salons… it’s a pretty chill mall and it doesn’t have as much people here until the weekends. Then you start complaining about the weird structure of the mall and the parking situations: P
The mall also has a difficult way of meandering in, because you have to turn in twice (off Vincent, then Plaza) to get in xD
If you have a couple hours, come about here and enjoy your time :3 Good luck with parking tho: P

Been coming to this mall a couple of years now since it used to be a Westfield Mall. It was since purchased by a private group and is now called Plaza West Covina.
I must say, they’ve done a lot of improve this mall. It used to be kinda ghetto. But now they’ve added a Best Buy, Lazy Dog Café, Lucille’s BBQ, Gold’s Gym, Nordstrom Rack, and a bunch of other stores.
Even though it now has a nice selection of stores and restaurants, unfortunately the clientele has remained the same. I hate to sound condescending, but the majority of the people that come here are «ghetto.» You constantly hear parents yelling at kids, teenagers acting out/​making out, and people you’d see at Walmart. On top of that, the mall feels small AF. If your there on the weekend, its tough to navigate without bumping shoulders with people.
They’ve made a lot of upgrades to this mall, so I guess you can take the mall out of the ghetto. But you can’t take the ghetto out of the mall.

I really want to give WestCo more stars, but the parking is terrible, and the drivers are very aggressive. The new section where the Rack is, and all the restaurants, is ree diculous parking-​wise. So inadequate. And people can get all crazy when they are frantically stalking shoppers to get their space.
Inside the mall, the stores are OK, the clientele can be a bit rough at times, but its all good.

I’ve seen this mall through many transitions. It was once a scrappy mall until Westfield swooped in and made over almost the whole entire mall (with exception to some stores). I have been living away from here these past few years, but when I do stop by and visit, I am in awe of the transformation. Moreover, there are new stores and restaurants (that I used to drive far to) that were now easily accessible. Aesthetically exterior-​wise, this mall is more pleasing than it was before.
But (yes, there’s a but), I have noticed during my recent visits, there are signs that this mall may go back to its lackluster state if it’s not kept up. Not that it’s a bad mall or anything, but I have been noticing wear, tear, and neglect in frequented places like the restrooms and food court. Also, there doesn’t seem to have enough ventilation since the stench of spoiled butter from the popcorn stand that is located centrally inside the mall, as well as food smells from the food court permeates most of the mall, which can make for an unpleasant shopping experience.
I noticed it was not a Westfield mall anymore and is now acquired by Starwood Retail. Starwood really needs to make sure that they keep an eye out on this mall as it has such a great potential to be something more (even more so with Portos Bakery moving in soon!). I feel that all it needs is consistent TLC. It’s in a centralized location and makes for great foot traffic.
I’ve been to a Starwood Mall, the Metreon in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens. Of course it’s a beautiful place to shop — it’s in the heart of one of the most busiest places in SF. But that doesn’t mean that West Covina mall should be left out since it’s not a more well-​known place like San Francisco? I don’t think so!
This is still a good mall to go to, but I’d really hate to see good retail stores that people who live in West Covina and surrounding areas need leave due to wear and tear.

This mall has improved so much from the first time I came here.
Has the normal mall stores. Now they have a ton of great restaurants.
Huge H&M and Forever21.
Mall itself is very easy to walk.

It’s been years since my last visit at this mall and I wasn’t quite impressed. At that time I did come here to buy some shoes at a Sheikh store and to check-​out some clothes at a Pac-​Sun and Macy’s, the men’s variety of clothes sucked at those stores. Oh, years ago when I got to my car at the parking lot, some fool side swiped my rear side bumper of my FJ Cruiser. Seriously, people who shop here are notorious.
Today, with some upgrades I’m a bit impressed what this mall now offers and with an updated exterior look. It’s a spacious mall and with good variety of shops and snack eateries that caters at this neck of the woods. The anchor stores are JCPenny, Sears and Macy’s. They now have a Gold’s Gym connected to this mall as well as a Best Buy attached to it (once it was located across the street from here). There is even a Tattoo Parlor inside.
Some of my quick thoughts:
— Arcade here is wack!
— There is a big Indoor play area for the kids, good luck trying to squeeze your kid in there during the weekends.
— Food court here is decent. Some new named fast food choices here.
— You can find a Yogurt, Boba Juice, and a few Café stands spread out through out the mall.
— I find the Amapola Superdeli & Market a good addition to this mall that separates the rest. Its a bakery, café, deli, market all in one.
Even though with the changes, the vibe here stays the same. When I was taking a piss in the restroom at Sears, a grumpy dude was talking to himself and cussing while taking a dump. When I think about it, maybe he was the punk who hit my FJ Cruiser, damn hooligans.